Perhaps the most harrowing part of the book was the trip from Sinagpore to Kanchanaburi. The POW's were crowded into steel carriages and left without food or water for the journey. The only break was when the train got over the Thailand border and it stopped to take on more water.

When I invited Kees and Dorothy over for the interview I had every intention of following the same format, but it quickly because clear this format wouldn’t work in their case. They were excited, enthused, very proactive in telling me about their feelings and experiences.